The team and Smitty reunite with Jaeger in Berlin as they all delve into a case involving the murder of an elderly German man.
Tropes:
- A Day in the Limelight: Katrin Jaeger
- Bittersweet Ending: The episode ends with Katrin and Scott revisiting the park bench where Katrin's father abandoned her.
- Broken Pedestal: Katrin is dismayed to learn that her mentor and father figure, Simon Ballack, is a Stasi sleeper agent.
- The Bus Came Back: Katrin reunites with the team after being promoted and transferred to another Europol post at the end of Season 1.
- Dark and Troubled Past: Katrin revealed to Scott how she grew up in East Berlin where her family lived in fear of the Stasi. Her father became broken by the Stasi which led him to abandon Katrin at a park and escape over the Berlin Wall, after which she never saw him again. The Stasi then arrested Katrin's mother on suspicion of complicity. Katrin was able to escape through her aunt who lived in West Berlin and worked as Simon Ballack's maid.
- Gas Lighting: The Stasi was infamous for specializing in suppressing political dissidents through psychological warfare known as Zersetzung
("decomposition" or "disruption"). - Secret Police / State Sec: The Stasi or Ministerium für Staatssicherheit ("Ministry of State Security").
- Trauma Button: For Katrin, the case-of-the-week brought back troubling memories of growing up in East Berlin where her family life was destroyed by the Stasi.
